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Known the world over for their heartwarming stories and breathtaking animation, Studio Ghibli's animated feature films have been capturing the hearts and minds of movie lovers young and old for years. With Kaze Tachinu currently soaring high above...

Tweet Pin It Keiko Fuji [藤圭子], mother of famed international star Hikaru Utada, passed away yesterday due to injuries sustained from a fall from her high rise apartment last night. The Metropolitan police are currently investigating to determine w...

Kamen Rider Wizard To Have 53 Episodes As the toy catalogs previously said, there would be two Kamen Rider TV specials. These two TV specials will be included in Kamen Rider Wizard's episode count. The episodes are called, "The Beginning of the ...

'Nisekoi' Manga Getting Winter 2014 Anime Adaptation Posted by Chris Beveridge August 22, 2013 at 01:51 PM Nisekoi Add another Shaft series to your upcoming schedule as Nisekoi is now slotted for a January 2014 broadcast date.

'Woman in Shinjuku'TOKYO (TR) – The mother of singer Hikaru Utada died early Thursday morning in Shinjuku Ward in what police are ruling a suicide, reports Nikkan Sports (Aug. 22). At around 7:00 a. m.

When some images of the actors for the live-action adaptation of Boku Wa Tomodachi ga Sakunai (or more popularly known as Haganai) surfaced in the internet, fans of the series all around the world only caught a glimpse of the actors playing Yozora...

Interested in Aquapazza? You might want to give Chaos Code a look too. While it doesn't have any characters from Utawareumono in it, Chaos Code has an anime aesthetic and a lead character that's an otaku.

2-hour special on August 31 to feature 4 stories A live-action drama adaptation special of four of Shigeru Mizuki's ghost stories will air on Fuji TV on August 31. The two-hour special, called Shigeru Mizuki no Gegege no Kaidan (Shigeru Mizuki's G...

Series based on Ark Performance's sci-fi naval manga to begin airing this October The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Ark Performance's science-fiction naval manga Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio (Arpeggio of Blue Steel) began stream...

The September issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hobby Magaizine is announcing on Saturday that a second season of the anime adaptation of Yoshiki Usa and Tomoko Fujinoki's Wooser no Sono Higurashi (Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life) manga has been gre...

S This past week, I told you about the five anime you should be watching this summer. To prepare, I asked Kotaku readers to vote on their picks. The winner by a landslide was Watamote. I am dumbfounded by this.

For all of Studio Ghibli's acclaim, the famed House That Miyazaki Built has never once put out a direct sequel to one of its works. While various thematic threads run through all of Miyazaki's films, the man, for all his genius, apparently lacks t...

Tezuka biographical manga that inspired Fall TV show to resume in September Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced that the acclaimed manga Black Jack Sôsaku Hiwa - Tezuka Osamu no Shigotoba Kara (The Untold Story of How Osamu Te...

Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl reimagines the first game in the series, adding a fresh narrative along with an option to play the game the old fashioned way. Check out some of the story setup along with a look at anime studio Madhouse'...

The cast of the live-action stage production of Steins;Gate called "Living ADV Steins;Gate" is finally revealed. The upcoming stage production will be playing at Odaiba's Zepp Diver City from October 12 to 20 (a total of 13 shows).

Question: What do you think is the reason that magical boy anime don't exist? Answer: An examination of the history of transforming magical girl anime in relation to gender roles should go a long way to explaining why anime has no "mahou shounen" ...

Recently, I got a look at both the of the new characters in the new Persona 4 Arena—Yukari Takeba and Junpei Iori, both of whom were playable at a recent location test for the game in Tokyo. When Yukari first entered the battle, I could have swo...

Nine months after it was first announced, Namco Bandai has finally released a first promo video for Shonen Jump's 45th anniversary commemorative fighting game, J-Stars Victory VS (PS3, PS Vita). In it we see a recap of all the playable characters ...

"Animelo Summer Live" is the world's largest anime song concert event held yearly at the Saitama Super Arena. This summer festival, which is being held for the ninth time this year, will spread across three days.

Additional cast for Fuji TV's live-action adaptation of the Kami-sama no Beret Bō ~Tezuka Osamu no Black Jack Sōsaku Hiwa (God's Beret: The Untold Story of How Osamu Tezuka Created His Black Jack) manga were revealed on Thursday.

Set to be released in October, the "Full Burst" update for Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will include a brand new chapter featuring an uneasy alliance between Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha as they take on Sage Mode Kabuto, who will also be p...

The indie game Chroma Squad's Kickstarter campaign is finally over! After 30 days, the game exceeded its goal of $50,000 and earned a total of $97,148 with 3,964 backers! For those who are living under the rock, Chroma Squad is a tactical turn-bas...

SuG We waited until December 29, 2012 and the front-man of SuG, the band which had taken a break in activities, began activity on his solo project. Takeru is having such feelings as being unfaithful to SuG and having collaborated with various crea...

After offering a glimpse early in July, Namco Bandai is back with a full preview for September's Nintendo 3DS action RPG adaptation of ninja versus bug series Mushibugyo. In the game, you pick one of five confirmed playable characters and th...

Rain, the PlayStation 3 game from Sony's Japan Studio and PlayStation C. A. M. P. , has a release date. The game will be available in North America on October 1st for $14. 99 and in Europe on October 2nd for €12.

The official Bandai YouTube channel posted a video of how you can give a cool pose to your S. H. FiguArts Kamen Rider Blade. This video also shows us the many points of articulation in this new figure.